Metallic wheel.



E. FULDA. METALLIC WHEEL. APPLICATION FILED FEB. s. 1916- Patented Mar. 28, 1916.

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ATTORNEYS METALLIC WHEEL. APPLICATION FILED FEB. B. 1916.

Patented Mar. 28, 1916 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

TISCHNER, 31%., 0F

Application filed February E 1916.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that L'Eowano Futon, citizen ot the Unitec States, and a resident of New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and-useful Improvements in. Me'- tallic l Vheels, of, which the following is a specification.

, the appearance oi? an ordinary wooden wheel provided with spokes as in the wellknown artillery type of wheel employed for auto-- mobiles or other uses. 1

.To these ends my invention consists in the construction of wheel hereinafter described and more particularly specified in the claims at the end of this specification.

In the drawings, Figure l, is a side elevation. of a wheel embodying my invention. Fig. 23 is a vertical cross-section on the line 22 of Fig. 1. Fig.1. 3 is a side elevation of one of the spacing plates employed to con ncct the two side plates and itself constitutlug a portion of the wall of the tubular spokes and run. Fig. 4 is an enlar' etl crosssection through said spacing; plate taken on the line -t-l, Fin. Fig. 5 shows inside elevation one of the side plates or stainpings, two of which are used in conjunction with the interposed. spacing plates to produce wheel having tubular spokes and preferably also a tubular run. l ig. ii a cross-scetlou through one oi the side plates taken on the line (5 6, Fig. Fig. 7 is an enlarged cross-section through the tubular spoke of the completed wheel, and taken on the line 7- Fig. 1..

l. 1 indicates the side plates stamped or i cutout "tron! a sheet of metal or other suitposed metal plates 2-5 located at the edges of Specification of .Letters Patent.

Patented llllar. 28, 1191880 Serial No. 75,893.

the scctor-shaped openings formed in the plates 1,1 and suitably interlocked with the plates 1, 1 by the turned-over edges 5 of the plates 3. Said spacing nlembers or plates 3 may be formed from a rolled plate of metal of the form in cross-section shown in Fig. 4, said plate being bent up to the sector shape shown in: Fig. 3 adapting; it to fill the edges of the sector-shaped opening in theplates 1, 1. The spacing member or plate 3 cornpletes one side of each of two adjoiniil'g tubular spokes and constitutes ineffect the edge wall of said tubular spoke as clearly shown in the cross-section Fig. 7 taken trans-- versely through the I spoke of the completed wheel.

When the wheel is constructed with a tu l bular rim said plate, as shown in the section Fig; 2,constitutes likewise a portion of the wall oil said tubular rim at the inner edge thereof. It will also, in the particular construction of wheel shown, constitute an out side .wall of the hub portion of the wheel when the side plates extend inwardly toward the centerof the wheel for: attachment of the usual hub bearings the hub portion of the plates being, in such case, preferably strengthened by the annular strengthening rings 8, 9 inserted between them, as shown in the section Fig. 2.

To complete the structure of the tubular riin the continuous circumferential spacing plate 6 is interposed between the edges of the side plates at their outer periphery and is interlocked therewith by turned-overedges 7 of said plate (5. Said plate 6, like the plate 3, is preferably provided with spacing ribs or projections l preferably formed integral therewith and extending over the Whole length of the plate, said projections or ribs serving to locate and hold the side plates 1, 2 spaced apart in obvious manner.

Obviously, it is not necessary to my invention that said spacing projections or ribs should be integral with the plate 8 since they might be formed of a separate plate or body secured to plate 3 in any desired way.

In the workof constructing the Wheel thtl' I side plates are seated against the flanges or projections st of the spacing plates 3-and6 and the edges 5 and 7 of said plates are turned over in a pressthus interlocking the side plates and spacing plates. As shown, the side plate 1, 1, are made perfectly fiat in construction in their spoke and rim poras will be obvious, by varying the width of the spacing plates it is easy to make a wheel of any width and by using the same dimensions of side plate. By this construction. it is obvious that any taper desired may be readily given to the spokes. v

If desired. the joints between the side plates and the spacing members may be brazed or thc'whole Wl'lbl may be dipped in brazing material whereby any rubbing of the parts prevented and all spaces closed against rust, dirt and other matter.

What I claim as my inventionis:

1. A metal wheel lilaving tubular spokes and comprising two men'lbers consisting of complementary metal plates each having a,

spoke and folly portion and a third member consisting of a plurality of continuous sector-shaped pieces of metal. inserted between said plates to complete the walls 'of the tubular spokes and locked thereto by foldedv or turned-over metal forming an edge oi the sector-shaped pieces.

2. A; metal wheel having tubular spokes and rim and comprising two complementary metal plates each forming a side of the spokes and rim, combined. with spacing members consisting of plates interposed between them and forming edge walls of the spokes and of the inside of the tubular rim and secured tosaid complementary membars by the turned-over edge of said. spacing members.

3. A. wheel having tubular spokes and tubular rim aiid comprising essentially two side plates each consisting of a single piece of metal and each forming one side of the spokes and rim, combined with spacing members inserted in the segmental. spaces between. spokes and spacing thetwo con1- plementary members apart while at the same time forming the edge walls of the spokes and the wall for the inner edge of the tubular rim. said spacing members leaving an overturned edge locking them and the side plates together and a. peripheral con tinuons plate filling the space between the peripheral .edecs ollhe said side plates and interlocked therewith by a turnedover edge thereof to complete the tubular rim.

4. In. a wheel having tubula spokes. the combination of two complementary metal stampings each forming one side of the spokes and interposed metal spacing members interposed between said complementary members to form the edge walls of the spokes and locked thereto by the bent-over metal of said spacing members. i

5. In a metal wheel ha viug tubular spokes, the combination of two side plates -each forming a side wall of the-spokes and also a side of the rim. combined with spacing rim.

plates provided with spacing projections upon which the side plates seat, said spacing plates forming edge walls of the tubular spokes and being interlocked with the portion of the side-plates forming the side walls of. said spokes by the bent over edge of the spacing plates.

6. In a metal wheel having tubular spokes, the combination with two complementary metal stampings forming the side Walls of the tubular spokes and spacing sector-shapedplates interposed between the same to form" the walls for the edges of the spokes, said spacing plates each consisting of a rolled metal plate having spacing projections near their edges, said edges being turned over to lock said metal stampings and spacing plates together.

7. A metal wheel having tubular spokes and rim and composed essentially of two complementary metal stampings each forming a side wall of the tubular spokes and a side wall of the rim, combined with spacing plates consisting of rolled metal having spacing ribs near their edges and interposed between said stamp'ings to form the edge walls of the spokes and the wall at the inside of the tubular rim, and a continuous spacing circumferential plate interposed between said stampings at their periphery and locked thereto by bent-over metal and adapted to form the wall at the outside of the tubular rim.

8. In a tubular metal wheel, the combination of two members consisting of plates forming each aside wall of the tubular spokes and rim and continuous metal plates ent to sector shape and interposed between and interlocked with said members to form a part of the wall of two adjoining hollow spokes and a portion of the wall of the tubular rim at the inside edge thereof.

9. In a metal wheel having tubular spokes and tubular rim, the combination of two complementary metal stamping's each form- .ing a side wall of the spokes and also a side wall pf the rim combined with spacing plates provided with spacing projections upon which the metal stampings seat said spacing plates forming edge walls of the tubular spokes and locked to the portion of the metal stampings forming the side walls of said spokes by the bent over edges of the spacing plates and a continuous band join ing the outer edges of the stampings and forming the outer periphery of the tubular 10. In a metal wheel having tubular spokes and rim, the combination of two complementary metal stampings each forming a side wall of'the hollow spokes. rim and hub, continuous sector-shaped metal plates spacing said complementary members apart and locked thereto by bent over edges of the spacing plates. said spacing plates 01E Februayy D. 1M6.

EDWARD WUJLJB A.

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